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American Agriculturist, January 2 
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Write 
Why I Chose Brown Swiss 
Some Surprising Facts About A Little Known Brekd 
J N the spring of 1919 the writer as¬ 
sumed the duties of herdsman on a 
Montana dairy farm. The herd con¬ 
sisted of about sixty pure-bred Brown 
Swiss cattle. It was my first experi¬ 
ence with this breed, therefore they 
were watched with an “eagle eye.” 
Each cow’s milk was weighed and 
her record carefully computed at the 
end of every month. In this manner it 
was easy to establish concrete facts 
concerning the value of each cow rather 
than to employ the ordinary ‘fguessing 
system.” 
It was plainly evident that the Brown 
Swiss were unusually good grazers and 
efficient consumers of roughage. With¬ 
out an exception every cow produced 
very liberally. The herd test ran about 
4 per cent. That there were no “lemons” 
in the entire herd raised a question in 
my mind—Is this an accomplishment 
of a breeder or a characteristic of a 
breed? 
Within a few weeks I became rather 
enthusiastic over the Big Brown Breed 
and wanted to learn of other herds 
rather than just the one under my care 
and observation. Immediately I got in 
touch with other herdsmen erd f^■^'^d 
that the merits of the herd in which 
I was working were possessed in a 
similar degree by other herds in both 
Switzerland and America. This was 
evidenced by official records, and espe¬ 
cially in cow-testing associations where 
the Swiss invariably give good account 
for feed consumed. 
An Old European Breed 
W'th much interest I found that 
Switz'^rland is the country where the 
breed has b':en developed. For many 
centuries this peaceable little republic 
nestling in the heart of the Alps has 
been famous as a dairy center. Even 
to-day it occupies one of the highest 
places among nations in regard to cat¬ 
tle and dairy products. The best 
dairies in Germany, Italy and border¬ 
ing countries are made up of Swiss 
stock whose produce has long command¬ 
ed a premium in Berlin and other Euro¬ 
pean cities. Size, beef qualities and milk 
production tend to class the Brown 
Swiss as dual-purpose cattle. So many 
reports of high producing cows were 
made, however, that in 1922 the Ameri¬ 
can Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ As¬ 
sociation organized a Registry of Pro¬ 
duction. 
Owing to the fact that this organiza¬ 
tion is in its infancy and that most 
cattle of this breed are owned .by farm¬ 
ers of only ordinary circumstances, the 
Brown Swiss Cattle in America have 
never completed very many sensational 
records. Yet their owners are justly 
proud of the high average in milk and 
butterfat made by the breed. Further¬ 
more, each year shows that rapid 
strides are being made. Already this 
year the two-year-old record has been 
raised from 558 pounds butterfat to 
570, three-year-old from 585 to 722, 
and the mature-cow record from 798 to 
927. Many other good cows are now 
on test, and it is expected that l022 
will bring the breed average well above 
11,000 pounds milk and 450 pounds 
butterfat. 
Compact, well-held udders of this 
breed accounts largely for so much 
freedom from teat troubles. Quietness 
and gentleness aid them in longevity, 
as many cows from 15 to 20 years of 
age are breeding regularly and produc¬ 
ing well. 
On May 18, one of our cows,. Beauty 
Collier, freshened—a surprise, however, 
as the owner had her booked to freshen 
later in the summer. We had decided 
to put her on test ; ’ong with ten other 
cows. She had no fitting. Unfortu¬ 
nately she had been milked up to calv¬ 
ing. She started off at a, good clip and 
was soon giving 60 pounds milk per 
day. Even under her handicap we 
foresaw that she would make a cred¬ 
itable record. During ' the month of 
June she averaged 75 pounds milk a 
day. Her high day came in July, which 
was 80.1 pounds. 
Production Under Average Conditions, 
and Less 
Pasture was good for the first four 
months, and Beauty cared little for 
grain, yet she averaged 71.6 pounds 
milk a day, this being more than double 
the production of the average cow in 
the United States for an entire year 
and produced at less expense. 
October had come and the Montana 
days were chilly. The mercury dropped 
to zero. We were not favored with a 
comfortable barn in which cows could 
be kept. A straw-stack afforded their 
only means of shelter. Beauty had to 
take her medicine with the others of 
the herd. Her previous half-dozen win¬ 
ters had fitted her for the job. Fortu¬ 
nately she had a great capacity for 
feed and a fondness for alfalfa hay. 
She seemed to realize that the more she 
ate the more would be left to produce 
milk after a required amount was taken 
by nature to melt the snow which fell 
on her back. 
During the winter a number of good 
cows freshened—several belonging to 
the Beauty family. It seemed easy for 
these COW& to produce from 60 to 80 
pounds milk a day. In fact, Beauty 
Collier 2d, a full sister to Beauty Col¬ 
lier, gave 81.6 pounds on January 31. 
Hardiness and endurance were dis¬ 
played on every hand. Calves often 
froze their ears, and occasionally an 
ear came off. Yet they made vigorous 
growth. A granddaughter of Beauty 
Collier 2d won second prize at the Na¬ 
tional Show, and both ears were frozen 
off tight to her head. 
Old Beauty completed her 305-day 
double-letter test with 18,076 pounds 
milk, 633 pounds butter. Within her 
year she produced 19,664 pounds milk 
and 709 pounds butterfat. The grand 
cow freshened again just twelve days 
after finishing test, and gave over 60 
pounds milk a day from two milkings. 
This great cow returned $600 worth of 
{Continued on page 55) 
True Brown Swiss Type 
Nellie’s Stasis, champion Brown Swiss Bull at the National Dairy Show, 
owned by L. S. Marshall & Son, of Michigan 
